English - Author | April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015
'Discworld' is taking something that you know is ridiculous and treating it as if it is serious, to see if something interesting happens when you do so.
Terry Pratchett
InterestingYouSeriousKnowSee
I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I'd lay my cards down on that, and say that it's that that I'm trying to do.
VoiceThinkUnderstandingHumanity
Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.
YourselfFunWritingYouMost
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
MindBicycleExerciseYouWrongUp
I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.
BestFruitThinkLanguageUniverse
I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.
MeMoreMeanPaySeeThan
I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.
SympathyGoFinishUniversityEven
I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it if I did, so I'm going to employ someone to walk the catwalks on my behalf. It would still be me, of course.
GoodWalkMeThinkSomeoneKnow
Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.
TimeMeHouseWrongGoPossible
You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though.
TogetherRememberYouLightsPlot
The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.
TruthInsideOutHeadMayLies
Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.
EverythingDisagreeSomewhereStarts
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